Hi everyone, I’m @paridukovic and will be taking over Jimmie’s Twitter today to take you behind the scenes with us. Jimmie has had such an intensity and focus this weekend, I know he’s ready to get back in the car to tackle the streets of Nashville this afternoon.
President Trump just attacked our intelligence agencies and law enforcement for doing their jobs while standing next to a dictator who intervened in our election to help elect Trump.
Putin will take this as a green light to interfere in 2018, and it is. Cowardly and shameful.
America is better than the NRA, better than the conspiracy theorists who say guns protect us against government, better than the extremists who refuse common-sense gun laws. America is the young people from Parkland. America is all of us. And it’s time all of us stood up.
Mass shootings are not inevitable. The majority of Americans support common sense gun reform. Though we feel angry, heartbroken, even helpless now, we have the power to elect people who will protect lives, not gun sellers’ profits. Remember these feelings in November, and VOTE.
This week we lost 17 Americans in Parkland - the deadliest school shooting since Sandy Hook in 2012. Since then, 438 people have been shot and 138 killed in over 230 school shootings. That’s 5 school shootings every month, 16 of which classify as “mass shootings.”
We are grieving with Parkland. But we are not powerless. Caring for our kids is our first job. And until we can honestly say that we're doing enough to keep them safe from harm, including long overdue, common-sense gun safety laws that most Americans want, then we have to change.
Going on a year with Trump. It feels like a decade. The question is how to contain the damage. The answer is by electing a Democratic House and, hopefully, Democratic Senate next November -- because the Republicans don't have the courage to contain him.
The iconic "Blue Marble" photo was taken 45 years ago today. This image allowed us to see how beautiful and fragile our planet is, which to this day reminds us of our duty to protect it. https://t.co/Djw0p6rAfF
I’m glad Democrats are taking principled stands against sexual harassment but sickened by Trump’s and Republican’s unwillingness to do the same. Tyranny beckons when the principled fall on their swords while the unprincipled keep theirs.
Children’s health clinics are shutting down after congressional Republicans allowed CHIP to expire. 9 million kids at risk. But GOP still has time for corporate tax cuts. Nice priorities.
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What is important is not so much how long you live as whether you live a meaningful life. This doesn’t mean accumulating money and fame, but being of service to your fellow human beings. It means helping others if you can, but even if you can’t do that, at least not harming them.
What amazes me is how these Republicans in Washington continue to lie about who’s going to benefit from their tax bill – even when their own Congressional Budget Office and Joint Committee on Taxation show that the major beneficiaries will be big corporations and the rich.